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As soon as those words were out of Koto's mouth, Yusuke charged at Reti, fists flying. She dodged every single punch. "You're fast, Urameshi," she said, "But are you fast enough?" Then she started to aim rapid punches and kicks at her opponent, who barely had time to block.

"Amazing!" Koto shouted. "Reti has almost instantly turned her opponent's offense into solid defense, not even giving him enough time to throw a counter punch! It's becoming too fast to see!"

Sure enough, the two opponents were no more than flashes of color flying around the ring. Then, Yusuke tried to punch with his right, while Reti punched with her left. Their fists collided head-on, pushing them both back to opposite sides of the ring, where they stood, panting.

"Impressive, Urameshi," Reti said. "You're not too bad yourself, Avorai," Yusuke replied, wiping the sweat off his jaw. "I suppose we're equals when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, but what of our spiritual power?" his opponent asked. Yusuke shrugged. "You wanna find out?" Reti grinned. "I thought you'd never ask."

"Enough with the small talk. Fight!" Koto said impatiently.

Yusuke smirked. He extended his right arm, index finger pointing out. He felt the familiar tingle of his Spirit Energy. "Spirit Gun!" he shouted, and a ball of blue energy shot from his finger. "Impressive," Reti said. She held her left arm in the same position. "Spirit Gun!" she yelled. A ball of red energy shot out of her finger. The two balls of energy collided and canceled each other out.

Yusuke narrowed his eyes. How could she know the Spirit Gun? Reti smiled. "I'm the Master of Energy. I know almost every kind of spiritual energy technique, including the Spirit Gun. And those I don't know, well, let's just say I learn very fast."

Yusuke was in shock. How could he beat someone who could memorize all his techniques, just by seeing it once?

"Let me show you one of my favorite techniques," Reti said. She extended her left arm again, but instead of only holding her index finger outward, she held both her index finger and her middle finger in the Spirit Gun position and aligned her thumb with them.

"Spirit Grenade!" she yelled. A huge burst of red energy shot from her fingers and then broke apart into four smaller bursts, each making their way toward Yusuke. "Each is its own little bomb of Spirit Energy," Reti explained. "Watch out, Urameshi. They're very dangerous."

Yusuke dodged...one...two...three... Just one more... he thought. And he dodged it with ease. But then he felt a blast from the back. He screamed as he was blasted forward, crashing headfirst into the concrete.

"Ah...what...happened?" he muttered, struggling up. Reti grinned again. "I forgot to tell you, even if you dodge, you still get hit. Three of the bullets expire, but one follows your energy until it hits you."

"That's nice," Yusuke muttered.

"That was a weak one, just to give you a taste of my attack. I can afford to do that, for as the Master of Energy, my supply isn't likely to run out. Spirit Grenade!" Reti yelled again. Another red blast erupted from her fingers.

It broke into four, and Yusuke dodged them, but one followed him. Yusuke ran from it, but each second brought it closer. Darn it, this one is more powerful than the other one, and that was still enough to knock me down. And it follows me around until it hits me. Whet the heck am I gonna do?

Then he had an idea. He stopped short. "Spirit Gun!" he yelled, firing his gun at Reti. The Master of Energy extended her right hand, palm out. "Spirit Barrier!" she yelled, and a wall of red energy deflected the shot. "What a waste of energy," she said, letting the barrier drop. Then she screamed as red energy crashed into her, sending her flying out of the ring.

"And Reti is out of the ring!" Koto announced. "One! Two! Three!"

Reti stumbled up. "What happened? How did you hit me with my own energy?" Yusuke smirked. "Simple. You said the shot followed a lock on my energy. All I had to do was release my energy to make yours follow it."

"Seven! Eight!" Koto continued.

Reti sighed and jumped back in the ring just as Koto said nine. "After nine counts, Reti has returned to the ring. Fight!" the cat demon yelled.

Reti leapt at Yusuke, and began attacking with a vast variety of martial arts skills, switching techniques effortlessly and with lightning-fast speed. The Detective could barely block them all. Finally, he saw his chance. He grabbed her wrist and flipped her over his shoulder, using his advantage to reverse their positions and begin attacking with his own skills. Soon, though, he stopped, and both fighters stood opposite each other, breathing heavily.

"Obviously this can't be resolved with our physical strength, but I thought I'd try anyway," Reti panted.

Yusuke nodded. "Yeah, I admit, you caught me by surprise there. I thought we had agreed not to use our fists."

Reti grinned. "I never said anything of the sort." Yusuke grinned back. "I guess not. But how are we gonna resolve this?"

"I know," Reti said. "How about we both release our full power at once? Whoever falls forfeits the match, even if they're still able to fight."

The Detective nodded his agreement. "Fine by me. Now let's do this."

"Kurama. You can't die. You can't," sobbed Hiei. "I don't think there's any stopping it, my friend," the fox said weakly. "I am too weak to resist it any longer. My body is exhausted. It pains me to breathe. I can't go on like this." He paused to catch his breath. "I'm just glad I got to see you this one last time."

"No, Kurama. You can't leave me here. You can't go." A tear ran down his cheek. It landed in Kurama's hand as a hardened black and red tear gem. Kurama tightened his hand around it. "Don't forget me." "I won't." Kurama smiled. "Then goodbye, my friend."

Kurama whispered the fire demon's name for the last time. Hiei pulled Kurama's lifeless body close to him and cried into his friend's brilliant red hair.